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Tag Archives: qabala
Conversation with Alan Richardson
As my conversation with Gareth Knight was so well received last month I decided to try and have a similar confab with his friend and somewhat younger colleague, Alan Richardson. Alan has written extensively on Paganism, Celtic and Faery lore, … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Esoteric, Reviews, British Literature
Tagged Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Arthurian Traditions, British Fiction. Literature, Celtic, Charles Seymour, Christine Hartley, D.H. Lawrence, Dion Fortune, esoteric, esotericism, faery, fiction, Gareth Knight, great war, Literature, Magic, Magician, Magick, megaliths, mythology, Newcastle United, novel, Occult, Paganism, qabala, Skylight Press, Sting, Templars, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray, Wiltshire, WW1
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One-day Conference on the Life and Work of DION FORTUNE – Saturday, 30 March 2013
Come and see Skylight Authors Wendy Berg and Mike Harris, along with other wonderful authors, speak at the Dion Fortune conference. Also, Skylight Press will have a table at the back – so bring some spending money for books. Here … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Events, Events
Tagged Alpha et Omega, Aquarian Age, Atlantis, Cabala, Clun Memorial Hall, Cosmic Doctrine, David Benton, Demon Lover, Dion Fortune, esoteric, fiction, Fraternity of Inner Light, Geraldine Beskin, Glastonbury, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, hermeticism, Literature, Magic, Moon Magic, Mystical Qabala, Novels, Occult, occultism, Pagan Federation, Psychic Self-Defence, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Sea Priestess, Servants of the Light, Shropshire, Skylight Press, Stella Matutina, tarot, Theosophy, Tim Entwistle, Violet Firth, Wales, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Winged Bull
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Magical Images and the Magical Imagination by Gareth Knight
In times past the knowledge and use of magical images was once a closely guarded secret stowed in the minds and vaults of initiates and adepts in the Mystery Schools. But now celebrated esoteric scholar and practitioner, Gareth Knight, offers … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged Astral Plane, Cabbala, Channeling, Channelling, Coleridge, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Imagination, Kabbalah, Magic, meditation, Mysteries, Mystery Schools, Occult, Pathworking, qabala, Skylight Press, Sun Chalice Books, Symbolism, tarot, Trancework, Tree of Life, Visualization, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Treasures for your Solstice….
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December 22, 2012
Tagged Ancient texts, Anthony Duncan, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British History, British mysteries, Celtic Mythology, Dion Fortune, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, folklore, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Gordon Strong, Grimoire, inner light, John Matthews, Lodges, Magic, Magical Ceremony, Magical Traditions, mediaeval history, Mike Harris, mystery traditions, mythology, Occult, pagan, Peregrin Wildoak, qabala, Rebecca Wilby, ritual magic, Sacred Earth, Steve Blamires, tarot, W.G. Gray, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Wicca
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Tarot & Magic: The Treasure House of Images by Gareth Knight
In recent commentary and conjecture the Tarot is so often presented solely, or at least principally, as a means for fortune-telling and psychic readings. One glance at Gareth Knight’s Tarot & Magic will expose that approach is a gross reduction of what the … Continue reading
Posted in New books, Recommended reads, Esoteric, British Literature
Tagged Ancient History, Ancient mysteries, archetype, Cards, Decks, Divination, Egyptian History, esoteric, face cards, Fortune telling, gaming, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Gypsies, high renaissance, History of the Tarot, Kabbalah, Lesser Arcana, Magic, Major Arcana, mediaeval history, meditation, Mystical Schools, mythology, Occult, Pathworking, Persian History, qabala, Renaissance, renaissance period, ritual magic, tarot, Theatre of the Suits, Trumps, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Merlin and the Grail Tradition by Gareth Knight
Few figures from myth and legend have impressed the imagination like that of Merlin, Archmage of the land of Logres, whose shadowy, compelling presence plays a key part in the tales of Arthurian legend and the Quest of the Holy … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged archetype, Arthurian Legends, British History, Brythonic Literature, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, chrétien de troyes, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, faery tradition, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Tradition, Hawkwood, Inklings, Jungian theory, Lectures, Magic, Malory, Masonic, Merlin, merlin and the grail tradition, Occult, qabala, quest of the holy grail, ritual, spirituality, tarot, Western Mystery Tradition
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A short review of Gareth Knight’s “I Called it Magic”
Here is a short review of Gareth Knight’s autobiography, I Called it Magic, written for The Inner Fire Journal by David Goddard: “If you have ever wanted to glean some understanding of the mind, and motivation, of an adept Mage-of-Light … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Autobiography, Christian Mysticism, cs lewis, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, Gareth Knight, Grail Tradition, Inklings, Magic, Masonic, Occult, qabala, ritual, rosicrucianism, Society of Inner Light, spirituality, tarot, Tolkien, Western Mystery Tradition
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I Called it Magic by Gareth Knight (Paperback Edition)
Released as a limited edition hardback last month, Gareth Knight’s I Called it Magic is now available in standard paperback format. Here is a review that will appear in the Winter Solstice edition of the Inner Light Journal (reprinted here … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Autobiography, Christian Mysticism, cs lewis, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, Gareth Knight, Grail Tradition, Inklings, Magic, Masonic, Occult, qabala, ritual, rosicrucianism, Society of Inner Light, spirituality, tarot, Tolkien, Western Mystery Tradition
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